Posts tagged “icarus”

  1. One of the greatest recurring themes in Greek mythology is that of incompetent sonship. Whether you're the god of the sun itself or the greatest architect and craftsman the ancient world has ever seen, your male child - if he doesn't accidentally kill you during a discus-throwing contest in your own front yard - is almost certainly going to die horribly in front of you doing something he has never practiced before while screaming "Hey,…

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